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Structure of influenza hemagglutinin in complex with an inhibitor of membrane fusion.


ABSTRACT: The influenza surface glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA) is a potential target for antiviral drugs because of its key roles in the initial stages of infection: receptor binding and the fusion of virus and cell membranes. The structure of HA in complex with a known inhibitor of membrane fusion and virus infectivity, tert-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ), shows that the inhibitor binds in a hydrophobic pocket formed at an interface between HA monomers. Occupation of this site by TBHQ stabilizes the neutral pH structure through intersubunit and intrasubunit interactions that presumably inhibit the conformational rearrangements required for membrane fusion. The nature of the binding site suggests routes for the chemical modification of TBHQ that could lead to the development of more potent inhibitors of membrane fusion and potential anti-influenza drugs.

SUBMITTER: Russell RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2584702 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structure of influenza hemagglutinin in complex with an inhibitor of membrane fusion.

Russell Rupert J RJ   Kerry Philip S PS   Stevens David J DJ   Steinhauer David A DA   Martin Stephen R SR   Gamblin Steven J SJ   Skehel John J JJ  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20081112 46


The influenza surface glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA) is a potential target for antiviral drugs because of its key roles in the initial stages of infection: receptor binding and the fusion of virus and cell membranes. The structure of HA in complex with a known inhibitor of membrane fusion and virus infectivity, tert-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ), shows that the inhibitor binds in a hydrophobic pocket formed at an interface between HA monomers. Occupation of this site by TBHQ stabilizes the neutral  ...[more]

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